Southern California independent sport fishing survey Quarterly Report no. 9

Abstract

During the July 1 - September 30, 1977 quarter, 29 launch ramps, hoists, and boat rental locations were sampled 380 times. During the sample days 25,256 anglers and 1,445 divers were interviewed. They expended 179,564 effort-hours and landed 64,371 fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, and coelenterates of 179 identified species. The ten most commonly landed species were 1)white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus, 25%; 2)Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus, 8%; 3)olive rockfish, Sebastes serranoides, 7%; 4)kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, 6%; 5) blue rockfish, Sebastes mystinus, 3%; 6)barred sand bass, Paralabrax nebulifer, 3%; 7)brown rockfish, Sebastes auriculatus, 2%; 8)spotted sand bass, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, 2%; 9)grass rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger, 2%; and 10)queenfish, Seriphus politus, 2%. (28pp.)